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THE PODIUM | Activists mislead the public about oil and gas development near Dunes
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How far does a national park extend past its boundary line? In the case of the Great Sand Dunes National Park, we’re told the boundary stretches past the gate, over a mountain range, and across a valley on the other side. That’s according to anti-fossil fuel activists working to stop oil and natural gas leasing…
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Conservation Colorado to honor Utah tribes for public lands fight
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Conservation Colorado will honor the two tribal organizations fight the Trump administration over public lands in Utah with a gala in Denver in May. Tickets are on sale now. The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition and Utah Diné Bikéyah will be awarded the highest designation from Colorado’s largest environmental organization, Rebel with Cause. “We would not…
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Colorado-based uranium company played a role in reducing national monument
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A lobbying effort to reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument was churning since the spring in Colorado, the Washington Post reported last week. Lakewood-based Energy Fuels Resources hired lobbyists and made a low-profile federal case that a federal umbrella over 1.35 million acres in southeast Utah could hurt its ability to operate…
